CAS reduces Umar Akmal's 18-month ban to one year - Newspaper
UMAR Akmal gestures during a news conference in Lahore on Friday.—AP LAHORE: The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the ban on Pakistan middle-order batsman Umar Akmal to 12 months but hit him with a hefty fine of Rs4.25 million for breaching the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption code. The Lausanne-based body announced the verdict on Friday, disposing off the appeals of both PCB and Umar. Umar was suspended in February 2020 for failing to report details of corrupt approaches made to him just before the start of the fifth Pakistan Super League. The PCB’s disciplinary pa...